Fenella Fielding: Do You Mind If I Smoke?

Fielding, Fenella; McKay, Simon

ISBN 10: 0720619912 / ISBN 13: 9780720619911

Published by Peter Owen Publishers, 2017

About this Item

UK delivery usually in 1-3 working days. Signed by Fenella Fielding on title page. 2017, 1st Edition. Tight, firm very lightly used copy. Unclipped jacket has very light wear. The lightly tanned pages have been very gently used so are in excellent condition being crisp, clean & annotation/crease free. Very nice clean sound scarce & sought after signed copy. If you have any queries please contact us. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fenella Fielding: Do You Mind If I Smoke?
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720619912
• ISBN 13: 9780720619911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Do You Mind If I Smoke? is Fenella Fielding's memoir about her remarkable career spanning seven decades in film, theatre, TV and radio. It is a warm, witty and sometimes shocking look back over Fenella's extraordinary life, with a host of famous and often unexpected characters – from Kenneth Williams and Tony Curtis to Francis Bacon, Muriel Spark and Federico Fellini. As Fenella says, in her unmistakable and ever-alluring voice, 'It's the best and worst bits of my life – because nobody wants to hear about the bits in between!'

About the Author

Fenella Fielding is best known for her 1960s film appearances in classic comedies including Carry On Screaming, Doctor In Clover, and Carry On Regardless. She was the telephone operator and loudspeaker voice in The Prisoner and voiced the Blue Queen in Dougal and the Blue Cat. Her illustrious theatre career includes a stunning breakthrough performance in Valmouth and the title roles in Hedda Gabler and Colette. The Times called her Hedda Gabler 'one of the theatrical experiences of a lifetime'. She is fondly remembered for a number of appearances on The Morecambe & Wise Show, as well as playing The Vixen in Uncle Jack. Her most recent TV appearance was Skins in 2012, and she continues to appear on stage today. Simon McKay began writing in 1981 when he published his own post-punk fanzine Eccentric Sleeve Notes. In the late 1980s, he performed lots of gigs with his band Said Liquidator before a complete switch when he studied technology and eventually managed IT projects in the City. Never taking to corporate culture, he left to undergo a lengthy training in psychotherapy. During this period he met Fenella in a Pilates class. They quickly formed a close friendship that led to a collaboration, taking Fenella's memoir to the stage and then writing this book. Simon is now a psychotherapist with his own London practice.